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• Title:Guthrie's guide to better legal writing / Neil Guthrie.
  
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• Variant Title:Better legal writing
  
• Author/Creator:Guthrie, Neil, 1963- author.
  
• Published/Created:Toronto, Ontario : Irwin Law, 2021.
  ©2021
  

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  • Location: c.1  Temporarily shelved at LAW LIBRARY reference room (level 2)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KE265 .G88 2021
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Legal composition.
  Law--Canada--Language.
  
• Edition:Second edition.
  
• Description:xviii, 281 pages ; 22 cm
  
• Summary:"Lawyers like to think they are good writers. Their non-lawyer readers are more likely to describe their writing as turgid, pedantic, Latin-filled, jargon-ridden, misspelt, ungrammatical, and inelegant. Guthrie's Guide to Better Legal Writing won't solve all your problems, but it will help you make your prose clear, correct, and compelling. The focus is on communicating more effectively in e-mail, letters, memos, blog posts, client updates, and social media, but there are some pointers on contractual drafting and written advocacy as well. A bit of strategy, some grammar and spelling, and a lot of style. The second edition of Guthrie's Guide incorporates significant new material based on reader queries and the author's on-going review of the legal writing that crosses his desk and screen."-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Additional formats:Issued also in electronic format.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-265) and index.
  
• ISBN:9781552215692 paperback
  1552215695 paperback
  9781552215708 electronic book
  1552215709 electronic book
  
• Contents:Get writing!
  Words used and abused
  Grammar and punctuation
  Your queries answered
  Conclusion.